Pints Alehouse is a boon for north-side brew lovers.

The Checkerboard Tavern changes owners and its reputation.

By Jordy Byrd

East Sprague is a study in contrasts. The street is spotted with bakeries, Vietnamese restaurants and home décor boutiques. But along the same stretch of this run-down industrial corridor are dilapidated warehouses and topless bars in an area that’s well-known for prostitution.

A tale of two local sommeliers.

By Luke Baumgarten

wo days and 12 hours into the Advanced Sommelier Certificate test — the second-highest honor in American wine — after multiple-choice tests and essay questions and etiquette checks, drills on how to suggest and cork and sell and present and pour wine, Biesen stood in a conference room at a hotel in Olympia.

Washington State University is helping to produce a new crop of state winemakers.

By Carrie Scozzaro

Dana and Steve Trabun are leaving Spokane%uFFFDeuro;%uFFFDs Barili Cellars, but not because it isn%uFFFDeuro;%uFFFDt successful. On the contrary. In fact, when the Trabans joined Russ and Marlene Feist to open in the Davenport District two years ago, their first 150 cases of wine quickly sold out.